PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
John Pinfold was Rhodes House Librarian from 1993-2008. He is the author of 'Postcards from the Russian Revolution', 'Postcards of Lost Royals' and 'Postcards from Utopia' (Bodleian Library Publishing). His most recent book is 'Aintree - The History of the Racecourse' (2016).
'This gripping book takes us right back to what it was like to have been in Petrograd (later Leningrad, later St Petersburg) as the world-shaking revolutionary events unfolded. Gleaned from scores of different accounts from non-Russians great and obscure, and presented in a scholarly yet highly accessible way, John Pinfold takes us through the extraordinary narrative almost day-by-day. One moment we're witnessing Lenin making speeches in the snow, the next with Tsar Nicolas II as he faces execution. This is invaluable eye-witness history at its very best.' -- Prof Andrew Roberts
